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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

mom's mean mac [and cheese]

since i can remember, every time my mom asked what i wanted for dinner, i always said mac and cheese. hers is amazing; like really amazing. to put it in perspective, you know how most kids loooove mac and cheese out of a box growing up? well, i despised it. it was that good. so, i thought i would share the recipe with you!

ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups milk

8 oz block cheddar

1 1/2 cups uncooked elbows

directions:

- boil elbows until al dente

- melt butter in large pot on the stove

- add flour and salt

- stir until bubbly

- add 2 cups milk until thickened

- add the cheese in chunks and stir until melted

- add macaroni to cheese mixture

- spray 9x9 pan with pam and add macaroni and cheese to it

- bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes

cooking the roux

melting the cheese

i made a double this time for all the roomies

at my house, we eat it with right-out-the-fridge, rolled up lunch meat honey ham...
sounds weird but it's so good